cpbeasley

Ive tried the search fxn, and not too excited to dig through hours with of the picture thread for what seems to be a fairly rare color...
just looking for pics of any w203 cars in graphite gray met (code 747), just as my beloved, for any ideas related to any mods or mods not that said pics may contain?

done the flat badge and flat black stock grill, flat black diffuser (professionally painted, not actually a diffuser), 07 sport spoiler, 07 wheels.... and hungry for more.

cant decide if black powdercoated wheels would be too much on graphite car? not enough contrast, perhaps a clash of dark colors? opinions?
and if i did such - where do you get black merc center caps for the stock wheels?

thanks

laneshift

I think it may clash.. keep it clean.

A drop might be something to put on your list, as are bi-xenons. Also, painted sidemarkers, euro strips, or clear sidemarkers w/ stealth bulbs will freshen up the front.

cpbeasley

so do euro strips eliminate the side markers completely? Otherwise not quite sure what those are. Where can I pick up a set? Does that gary guy on here sell them? What about clear corners? (again, clear corners vs blacked out corners.... think black would be too much or a nice subtle addition to the already black accents ive added?) the graphite is a hard color to compliment.

cpbeasley

went for the clear side markers with stealth bulbs.

Ive got several companies bookmarked to purchase HIDs from - can you recommend one? I don't want trouble with the install, and dont want to worry about error codes or flashing lights.

I want 6K, my wife is pretty certain she wants "blue" so I wont let her get beyond 8k... any recommendations for a 6K stating that its blue enough!?
Laneshift - if thats a shot n your sig of your 6Ks - that looks pretty damn blue to me.

phister

Just remember that with hid kits the higher the color temp the less visiblity you'll get, you highest you really want to go is 6k on temp because after that, it may look brighter from oncomers way the actual light output visiblity diminishes. 4300k temp closest to day time light output thats why so many car companys use 4100-4300k as the color temp for the OEM hid kits.

phister

also if you're worried about throwing errors with the hid kit you do this DIY to not let that happen. I did this with my kit and it works perfectly after almost 2 years, no problems yet. https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...es-models.html

cpbeasley

Thanks for the interesting info and DIY, Phister.

I can now tell my wife she's SOL and better be happy with 6K.

OneOfaKindTrini

You need to put pics first.